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Lowell man held after police chase

By Lisa Redmond, lredmond@lowellsun.com

Updated:
03/07/2013 06:33:34 AM EST

LOWELL -- A 42-year-old city man was ordered held on bail after pleading not guilty to assault and battery, and a bevy of motor-vehicle charges after Dracut police say the domestic-assault suspect led police on a three-town pursuit Tuesday afternoon.

In Lowell District Court on Wednesday, Kevin E. Cole, of 131 Pawtucket Blvd., Unit 23, was ordered held on $350 cash bail after pleading not guilty to assault and battery, operating with a suspended license (subsequent offense), failure to stop for police, failure to slow and speeding.

Dracut police began the pursuit at about 4:15 p.m. Tuesday after there was a report of woman being assaulted in a parking lot at 1049 Lakeview Ave. Witnesses told police they saw a fight between a male and female inside a car. According to the callers, the male was head-butting and hitting the female seated in the front passenger seat.

When police arrived, witnesses told police the gray Toyota Rav4 had moved to a parking lot at 1086 Lakeview Ave.

As officers arrived at that address, police saw the Rav4 leave at a high rate of speed.

Police said the driver refused to stop for officers, turned onto Mammoth Road, headed into Lowell, and then headed north on Pawtucket Boulevard.

The pursuit went into Tyngsboro, where Tyngsboro officers joined in as the suspect turned onto Sherburne Avenue and headed south again. Dracut, Tyngsboro and UMass Lowell police got the Rav4 stopped in the area of Willowdale Road.

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Throughout the pursuit, several vehicles were forced off the road by the Rav4, police said. The vehicle stopped on Sherburne Avenue where Cole was arrested at gunpoint.

A female passenger in the car told police she kept telling Cole to stop, yelling, "You're going to kill me.''

A check of Cole's license showed it was revoked. Cole also had a 2012 warrant out of Lowell District Court for motor-vehicle charges.

In that 2012 case, Cole pleaded not guilty to operating a motor-vehicle with a suspended license, no inspection sticker, license not in possession and littering from a motor vehicle.

Dracut police allege that on March 18, 2012, a Dracut police officer was monitoring traffic at 2:35 p.m. at 1655 Lakeview Ave. when he noticed a gray Toyota with an expired inspection sticker.

Cole was unable to provide a license. A check of his status revealed his licensed had been revoked.

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